Rear tyre recommendations
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Re: Rear tyre recommendations
hi elena ... I use falken fk453 all round as do quite a few members, I went up to 275`s on the rear as I think they fill out the wheelarch better than 255`s, on my second set and have absolutely no complaints, reasonably priced too....chris
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Re: Rear tyre recommendations
Thanks for the advice I will look at Falkens especially the 275s. Love the photo of the PT Cabrio, I will be getting one of those soon also as I do need a not so.selfish car to pick people up in.
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Elena
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35 is the profile (tyre wall) dimension - that has to stay the same.
I have also have Falken FK453s - but 285/35/19 which is about as wide as you can reasonably go on standard rims - the fitters complained they were a total b*tch to fit, though!
Re: Rear tyre recommendations
No way - perfectly reasonable question.
35 is the profile (tyre wall) dimension - that has to stay the same.
I have also have Falken FK453s - but 285/35/19 which is about as wide as you can reasonably go on standard rims - the fitters complained they were a total b*tch to fit, though!
35 is the profile (tyre wall) dimension - that has to stay the same.
I have also have Falken FK453s - but 285/35/19 which is about as wide as you can reasonably go on standard rims - the fitters complained they were a total b*tch to fit, though!
Re: Rear tyre recommendations
I could only justify fat boots by going down-market a little but I'm well pleased with Falkens - my PT Cruiser wears them, too.
Actually there was little difference in price between 265, 275 & 285.
Might go 275 next time but the 285's do have a really massive look - for those to whom size matters...
Re: Rear tyre recommendations
No way - perfectly reasonable question.
35 is the profile (tyre wall) dimension - that has to stay the same.
I have also have Falken FK453s - but 285/35/19 which is about as wide as you can reasonably go on standard rims - the fitters complained they were a total b*tch to fit, though!
35 is the profile (tyre wall) dimension - that has to stay the same.
I have also have Falken FK453s - but 285/35/19 which is about as wide as you can reasonably go on standard rims - the fitters complained they were a total b*tch to fit, though!
Okay, last question; the load and speed rating. The Falkens 453 I can find are 275/35/r19 100y my Dunlops are 96y will this matter?
Cheers
Re: Rear tyre recommendations
The 'Y' speed rating is also OK, unless you're planning to exceed 186 mph...!
In case you haven't seen it, you might find this - and realated pages - helpful:
Tyre Load Rating | Blackcircles.com
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Seems Falkens are quite popular with Xfire owners - good combination of size availability, price and performance, I guess.
Re: Rear tyre recommendations
Not at all - the load rating is in kg so, as the Crossfire only weighs about 1450kg, divide by four = 362.5kg which is well within the capability of either tyre, even under extra load during hard cornering etc.
The 'Y' speed rating is also OK, unless you're planning to exceed 186 mph...!
In case you haven't seen it, you might find this - and realated pages - helpful:
Tyre Load Rating | Blackcircles.com
The 'Y' speed rating is also OK, unless you're planning to exceed 186 mph...!
In case you haven't seen it, you might find this - and realated pages - helpful:
Tyre Load Rating | Blackcircles.com
Cheers
Elena
Re: Rear tyre recommendations
(what I should have said was that load rating is related to car weight in kg via the load index - thankfully doesn't seem to have confused you though...! )
Actually, although BlackCircles prices are pretty good, I have found our village garage very competitive and often beat even BlackCircles prices - depends on their wholesalers and mark-up I guess but if you have such a place locally, might be worth a try.
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